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Letters Patent .N 100,148, dated .Mommy/22,1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN METALLIC ROOFI'NG.

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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making'part ot tbe-s To all whom it may concern:

Be itkoowo that I, THOMAS N. HrcKcoX, of Brooklyn, in the-county of Kings, and State of New York,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Metallic Roofing, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompan ying drawing forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 represent-s a plan of a section of 'metallic roofing constructed in accordance with my improvement, and

Figures 2 andv 3 side and' end views ofthe same.

-ltignre 4 is a side view of a metallic shingle or one piece of the rooting before the same is secured to the root. f

Similar' letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My-inventiou consists in a rooting made up of a series f corrugated metallic shingles, and includes a pe culiar construction of the latter, whereby, in securing said shingles onto the roof, they are made to lie close in their lap, the one upon or over the other. Such'a rooting is at once light, cheap, and durable, and may be pnt on or repairedby unskilled hands or by-any one accustomed to roofing with wooden shingles.

Referring to the accompanying drawings- A A represent corrugated sheet-metal shingles, which are secured to the roof B by nails b, as in the case of ordinary wooden shingles, but it is preferred` to nail them to the roof across their middles, and to arrange them so that ill overlapping they cover said nails, which arrangement secures a double thickness of shingles throughout the whole -length of the roof, and for short intervals or spaces of the lap three thicknesses, and so that each shingle is not only nailed across its middle but across its oue'end also. This is the arrangement shown in iig. 3. As, however, in thus putting on said shingles, they would, if made straight'in direction of their lengths, gape or open at their lower I ends, I prefer to make them of a reversely inclined 'or arc-hed shape in direction of their length, that is,

with spring in their middles, as seen in tig. 4, so that in nailing them down through their middles, they are brought down fiat or straight and close at their lower ends upon or over 'the shingles they overlap.

A ditierent arrangement, however, of the 'shingles maybe adapted if preferred, as for instance, a single arrangement of them by reason of each successive shingle being made to only slightly` overlap the under or previous shingle, in which case the the arched construction of' the shingle in direction of itslengtli iuight be dispensed with.

The shingles may be painted before being put onto the roof, and also afterwards if necessary.

Roofing made up of such corrugated metallic shingles is strong, by means ot'its form, and yet the shingles may be made so thin as to be readily secured by nailing, and being light and compact they may be transported in small hulkand cheaply. Such roofing may be made to expose no nail holes, and maybe pnt on or repaired by other than skilled labor, which is a great .advantage over plain or tlat tin rooting that requires soldering to make it tight.

The sides as well as the roofs of buildings may be t covered by. these corrugated sheet-metal shingles.

What is here claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1.v A corrugated sheet-metal sl:ingle,-made of an arched or reversely-inclined `form, in direction of its length, essentially as and for the purpose or purposes herein set forth. y

2. A metallic roong orcovering made of a seriesof corrugated shingles, constructed substantially as shown and described.

' '.1. N. HICKCOX. Witnesses:

HENRY T. BroWN, FRED. .HAYNEs 

